Marybeth Knoth and Lori Carlin

Marybeth Marie Knoth and Lori Nicole Carlin were joined in a civil union Saturday. The Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman, an Episcopal priest, officiated at the Liberty House Restaurant in Jersey City.

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Ms. Knoth (left), 29, is a district service manager for Medtronic, the medical device manufacturer in Fridley, Minn. She works from Hoboken, N.J. She graduated and received a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan.

She is the daughter of Sandra S. Knoth of Sterling Heights, Mich., and the late Kevin J. Knoth.

Ms. Carlin, 28, is taking the name Knoth. She is a registered nurse in the neurosurgical intensive care unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital in New York. She graduated from Michigan State.

She is a daughter of Pamela L. Carlin and Robert L. Carlin of Sterling Heights.